Shot types we will use

As we have now structured which scenes in our trailer we are going to produce, we have come up with certain framing and shot lengths that we will use in particular scenes in order to create the right emotions and effectiveness. Close-up shot: To be used when DC Summers is handed the document by Toby. To be used when DC Summers is talking to Billy. To be used when DC Summers and DC Curtis are talking in the car. Medium Shot: To be used when DC Summers talks to Toby and treats his injuries. To be used when Toby is given a gun by the Drug Lord. To be used when DC Summers and DC Curtis kick down the door. To be used when DC Summers attempts to catch Toby. Low Angle Shot: To be used when DC Summers is chasing Tomas. Two Shot: To be used when DC Summers is chasing Tomas. To be used when DC Summers and DC Curtis are walking towards the camera. To be used when DC Summers is talking to Toby and treating his injuries. To be used when Billy shoots Toby. To be used when Toby meets the Drug Lord. To be used when DC Summers and DC Curtis kick down the door. To be used when DC Summers attempts to catch Toby. To be used when the car explodes. We are going to use a lot of two-shots throughout to show the relationships between characters. For a lot of these, it is either DC Summers and DC Curtis or DC Summers and Billy. This shows the main essence of the story and that these characters relationships are important for the audience to follow. these shots will also be used with Billy and Toby and Billy and The drug lord to show that they are all part of a criminal organisation. (Toby being an under cover ex-convict) The other shots were decided by how we felt we wanted the scenes to come across, for example a close-up of the exchange between Toby and DC Summers showing the importance of the letter throughout the supposed film.

character profiles

instead of a structured script, i decided that it would be better to take inspiration from other directors and create detailed character profiles of each main character in the film so that the actors could get an idea of how i wanted their characters to act. without a script the only thing the characters had to rely on was their character profile aswell as being able to ask me any furthur questions on their characters. these are their character profiles;

Scripting

Instead of using a script for our film trailer I decided to base my direction around Mike Leigh's early work and let the actors find their own style and create their own character as i thought this process may bring the characters a more rounded style. we did this by constructing a scene in wich all of the characters would enter and leave at some point. the actor would have to follow the story as it developed through the scene and could create a feeling for their character. in order that the scene did not dry out and stop running due to lack of ideas i used my character as a starting point and moved into the scene if the other characters were ever stuck. I also created character profiles for each character to help them get an idea of how their character would act and why.

Running order

One of my main jobs as director was to organise who was going to be where and when both on and off set. to do this i created a running order. Filming Day 1 (21/1/11) Cast needed:- Harry, Robin, James, Tomas, Myself Scenes:- 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 14 9:00 Harry, Robin and I meet at the ivy leaf club car park and film scenes 3 and 5 11:00 James meets us at ivy leaf car park to film scenes 1 and 14 13:00 Robin, Harry and I move to to film scene 2 14:00 Tomas meets us at the layby at the edge of whittlesey to film scene 6 Filming Day 2 (//) Cast needed:- Harry, Robin, Jack, Myself Scenes:- 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 20, 22 9:00 Harry, Robin and i meet up at the ivy leaf car park to film scene 7, 12 and 16 13:00 Jack meets us at the churchyard to film scenes 20 and 22 15:00 Harry, Robin and I film scenes 11 and 15 at school in confrence room (booked out earlier in the week from 14:00 to 17:00) it was at this point that, after editing, we decided we already had too many scenes and our trailer's running time was over 7 minutes long theirfor we decided not to film any more scenes but to work with what we had got already.

Questionnaire

this is a copy of our audience research questinaire wich we will use to determin how to layout our final trailer after edditing. we used a website called surveymonkey to create our survey. i have included a hyperlink to the survey in case the pictures are un clear. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8JTVBND